Outrageous LTTE in today's Cincy Enquirer: Dr. says gays are "mutants" [View All]

(Note: I rarely do this, but I did cross post this to the GLBT forum as well.)

Gay isn't normal, no matter who says
Your voice: Dr. Daniel W. Nebert

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060314/EDIT02/603140333/1090

I agree with Peter Bronson's assessment of "The slippery slopes of Brokeback Mountain" (Feb. 26), echoed by Charles Krauthammer's thoughts regarding another movie ("'Syriana' reeks with betrayal," March 3). This is simply more of Hollywood's agenda to push the secular-progressive movement: "Let's give that movie Oscar nominations in many categories, just to make a political point."

Genetically and evolutionarily speaking, homosexuality is not normal - no matter how Hollywood and other secular progressives wish to spin it. "Normality" (in genetic or evolutionary terms) is defined as reproductive success that leads to future healthy generations of the species. Sexual orientation, as well as courtship behavior, is regulated in the fruit fly by Fruitless, a gene that functions specifically in the brain. Fruitless mutants show aberrant mating behavior. Many fru mutations result in male flies that court indiscriminately. When fru mutant males are grouped together, they form male-male courtship "chains" in which each male is simultaneously both courting and being courted; all mutant combinations show some male-male "chaining."

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As with any other biological defect, the risk of homosexuality reflects the combination of multiple mutated genes plus environmental factors. In the case of human homosexuality, "the environment" is likely to be an imbalance of sex steroid levels at some critical point during pregnancy, affecting the fetal brain, most likely in the third trimester.

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The author of this LTTE: Dr. Daniel W. Nebert is a professor in the Department of Environmental Health, Center for Environmental Genetics and Department of Pediatrics & Molecular Developmental Biology at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center.

So this doctor is also a professor, huh?